ROME — France accused Italy on Tuesday of acting hysterically over immigration and failing to live up to its duties, triggering a fresh war of words between the increasingly acrimonious European neighbors. Matteo Salvini’s behavior has not been acceptable as far as I am concerned,” she said, accusing him of creating a “hysterical” atmosphere over immigration. “This is a painful subject, a complex subject which the EU and France have previously been in solidarity with Italy over,” she added. France briefly recalled its ambassador from Rome in February to protest against what it described as “repeated, baseless” attacks by Italian political leaders on Paris. (Reporting by Crispian Balmer in Rome and Dominique Vidalon in Paris; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Source: National Post July 02, 2019 09:22 UTC